He said the NRA was participating in a "big lie" by perpetuating
the notion that the government's aim is to "come for your
handguns next, they're going to come for your shotguns, they're
going to come for your hunting rifles." He called the NRA
"extreme," and said that they were the actual threat to the
long-term viability of Second Amendment rights.

"You know what the greatest danger to that Second Amendment
right and that guarantee is right now?" Scarborough said.
"Extremism from the survivalist wing of the NRA that impacts
Republicans’ policies nationwide and moves the Republican Party
so far away from mainstream America that they lose the House,
they lose the Senate again in 2014, and they lose the presidency
again. And the next president will be Democratic."